BUENOS AIRES — Argentine Mario Poli was inaugurated as the new archbishop of Buenos Aires last week, taking over the post held by Jorge Bergoglio before he became Pope Francis.

Poli, 65, was named to the position by Francis in late March. Vatican envoy Emil Paul Tscherrig presided.

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, who was traveling in Peru and Venezuela, did not attend the ceremony but several of her cabinet ministers did.

Poli is a priest very much in Francis' vein, focused on pastoral work, earning a degree in social work from the University of Buenos Aires. That apparently impressed Bergoglio, who talked about the benefits of such training in a 2012 book, “On Heaven and Earth.”

At 150, Adventists aren't celebrating

Over the past 150 years, Seventh-day Adventists have built one of Christianity's most inventive and prosperous churches while praying for the world to end as soon as possible.

You might expect Adventists to celebrate their church's 150th anniversary this May. There's just one problem: The church wasn't supposed to last this long: “If you took a time machine and visited our founders in May 1863, they'd be disconcerted, to say the least, that we're still here,” said David Trim, church director of archives and research.

On May 18, Adventists will hold “a day of prayer, remembrance and recommitment to mission,” and on May 21, a small ceremony at its Silver Spring, Md., headquarters.

Death cafes address taboo subject

The need to talk about the taboo topic of death has sparked “death cafes,” a British trend that has reached the United States as casual get-togethers in coffee shops and restaurants hosted by social workers and chaplains.

Jon Underwood, who spread the idea on his website ,Deathcafe.com, has had hundreds of inquiries from the United States, Australia and Canada.

“Death Cafe exists because of a belief that more authenticity is needed in the world,” he said. “Death denial is an omnipresent feature of Western consumer capitalism.”